by Sebastian | Dec 8, 2020 | News, NPCD
Wellington Management, one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms, today announced the final close of its private equity strategy Wellington Hadley Harbor III with US$1.8 billion in commitments and up to US$400 million from co-investors to...
by Sebastian | Dec 8, 2020 | News, NPCD
Air conditioner maker Carrier Global Corp said it would sell its remaining stake in Swedish wholesaler Beijer Ref AB to private equity group EQT for about $1.1 billion. EQT said the deal to buy 29.6% of shares and 26.4% of votes would make it the largest shareholder...
by Sebastian | Dec 8, 2020 | News, NPCD
Nearly 50 buyout firms and investors have signed a global initiative that aims to improve diversity and inclusion among their ranks, a U.S. private equity investor association said on Monday. The move comes as Wall Street tries to shake off its male- and...
by Sebastian | Dec 8, 2020 | News, NPCD
Swedish real estate firm Balder has bought a 5% stake in Norway’s Entra but has no plans to join an ongoing takeover battle for the Oslo-listed firm, it said on Monday. Two other Swedish real estate firms, SBB and Castellum, are both bidding for Entra, Norway’s...
by Sebastian | Dec 4, 2020 | BPEC, DPEC, FPEC, GPEC, IPEC, ITPEC, News, NPCD, PPEC, SPEC, UKPEC
After watching from the sidelines as a boom in the listing of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) reshaped U.S. capital markets, Europe is preparing to play catch up next year with around 10 such deals said to already be in the pipeline. SPACs are shell...
by Sebastian | Dec 3, 2020 | News, NPCD
Next week is shaping up as a blockbuster time for initial public offerings, with deals from Airbnb and DoorDash expected. Now add Certara, a provider of biosimulation software, to the list of companies making their public market debut. Certara on Thursday set terms...
